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Gen. Hajizadeh’s Audacity May Not Cause Harm to Iran’s Proxies in the Short-Run

The Impact of Soleimani’s Killing on Iranian Domestic Politics: The Winners and Losers

Iran’s Draft Budget Bill and the Impact of Soleimani’s Killing on Military Spending Trends

The Position of the Iraqi Shiite Marjaya on the Iranian-American Escalation and the Factions of the Popular Mobilization Forces

Repressing Sufism in Iran: Ideological Differences or Concerns About Increasing Popularity?

Iran Desperately Seeking Japanese Help to Ease US Pressure

What Would Future Uprisings in Iran Look Like?

The Six European Countries’ Accession to the Financial Mechanism INSTEX: Implications and Future Scenarios

Iranian Draft Budget for 2020/2021: False Growth and Upcoming Public Anger

Iran’s November 2019 Uprisings: Iranian Society in Transition

What Lies Beneath Shifting the IRIN’s Headquarters to Bandar Abbas

The Decline in Protests in Iran: Dimensions and Results

Iran Mulls Over Quitting the NPT

Gasoline Riots in Iran Expose Deep Political Rifts and Potential Regime Instability

Rouhani’s Push for a Referendum: What Is His Proposal? Why Has It Failed?

Iraq’s Kurds Face Dilemma Over Future Relations With Iran

Iran’s Fingerprints Are Visible in the Suppression of Iraq’s Protests

Hope Is Dying in the French Bid to Rescue the JCPOA

Will China Give Iran a Big Credit Line?

Khamenei’s Strategies to Navigate Through the US Maximum Pressure Campaign

Iran’s 2020 Parliamentary Elections: Lower Participation and Competition, but Higher Levels of Irregularities

French Mediation Attempts Between the United States and Iran in Limbo

Federalism for Iran: Arguments for and Against

The Decline in Protests in Iran: Dimensions and Results

Despotic Corruption Rocks Iran

Iran Naval Chief’s Admission of a “Classified” Pact with Russia

Playing With Words Spells Trouble for Zarif in the US and at Home

Iran’s Budget Clear of Oil Money: Is It Possible?

Recurring Protests in Iran 20 Years After Student Uprisings Challenge the Country’s Stability

Can the EU Save the JCPOA Under Testing Conditions?

Iran’s Continuing Internal Divisions on Joining the Financial Action Task Force

Iran Unveils the Khordad 15 Amid Rising Tensions With the US

The Consequences of Downing the US Drone for the Iranian Regime and Society

Utilizing Pressure Points: the Consequences of Russian Escalation Against Iran in Syria

Why Won’t Back-Channel Diplomacy Between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Trump Aadministration Work?

Iranian Belligerency Escalates While the International Response Remains Lukewarm

Rouhani Calls for a National Referendum to Decide the Fate of the Nuclear Agreement

The Fatemiyoun Division: Iran Exploits the Poverty of Afghan Migrants

Iran Opens a Can of Worms by Lowering Its Commitments to the JCPOA

Despite Provocation, Prudence is Likely to Prevail

Iran and Afghanistan: So Near Yet So Far

Iran Relies on Iraq to Keep the US at Arm’s Length, and to Bring the Region Together

Despite Imran Khan’s visit, Pakistan-Iran ties remain cold
